The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-07
"HELLO" HUSHEO.
Telephone War Settled, 80 Far as
Subscribers Are Concerned.
They Order Manager Cook 20 Take
Then Out-speakipg Their
Sentiments.

The husky "hello" through the tel.
ephone wasbust ed ell yesterday, and
the thousand or more audophoncs
hung lisllessly down from their hooks.
The protest Of the subsc ibers In this
city against the unjust aud e1orbi-
tant increase 10 rates has been put
into practical effect, and the telephone
service ia q thing OF the past until ito
monopolistic owners withdraw the 81
q month ipcreate. While II is very
true that the use OF the telephone 10
an acknowledged convenience, the
citizens Of Memphis will not consent
to 10 robbed by the corporation. The
snanimity with which the action was
taken by the Subscribers 10 q guaran'
tee against this. Yesterday the oom'
mittee OF ten appointed for the pur.
pose, laid AL 70 all other business and
industriously devoted themselves to
the task Of Visiting oil subscribers who
had either misapprehended the order
of the manager 10 take the telephones
out, or were hesitsting whether to
comply with tho increase and con.
unue the service. The committee did
their work we'll, and now the obi CT
OF the opposition Ia an accomplished
Tact. The committee also furnished
the subscribers with the following or
der TO be sent the manager, ordering
on, their telephonts:
"H. N. Cook, MsnsEsri
"Dear Sir o sipg TO an unreasona-
BILE advance In your rates, Tor wei.
instruct you 10 remove my Tor ouT)
telephone at onte, and will not be re.
sponsible for any further rental.
g"
And where Subscribers have paid In
advance the following should &C
company their order:
"0orohER -. 1857.
"H. n, Cook, Mau,Esri
"In view Of the iict tha, since rent.
ing your telephones you have, as your
Subscribers believe, uDressonably ad'
vanced your rates, and on that account
msny Subscribers have Withdrawn
their telephote' thus rendering your
service int fIicient and not what you
promised when we subscribed. we
therefore direct You 10 remove our
telephone At once, and shall look 20
you 10 refund ne ths amount due on
our untxpired tenn Tor rental paid In
advance. -"
President Noel seems 10 be about 40
obstinate In maintaining bis position ~
his Memphis subscribers are deter
mined 10 maintain theirs. AT meet
ing al the committee yesterday morn
ing Meesvs. Juls Taylor, Louis Han
aueT and wm X. Moore were sppolnt
cd q sub. committee 10 confer witt
other telephone companies with tn,
view OF organising . competing com
pany. Proceeding, tiny say:
"The COMMITTEES cannot too strongly
impress upon those Who have ordere'
out their telephones not 10 allow then
Co be used under any circumstances
The telephone company 10 Rot follow
ing the directions Of Subscribers 4
take out the boxer, bat every sut
scriber Who 10 with ne In this hsh
should sec 10 II that the bell OF hI
telephone gives no response 10 call
Send In your orders to take out, an
let your telephones h" ~ dumb I
oysters. Three hund' 4 , \ sevent
eight more ordere ls.o out yeste
day, with the oommittee men TO he
from. I, 10 q matter Of great impo
lance that those telephones which q
ordered out should not be used und
any circumstances. Take the tel
phoae "a your hook and let IL hal
down 20 that there can be no rlpgii
of the bell"